the after party
i survived the shower. i did a little better than survive it, actually. i was there so long justin got worried and started calling his mom's house, where the shower was held. i slipped right in with justin's aunts like their youngest sister, just like always used to happen when i was alone with them. i actually enjoyed myself. it was all okay.
except for the one icky moment when my sister-in-law's batty aunt asked me take a belly-to-belly pregnant picture with the sister-in-law - to send to the aunt's best friend in some other state, whom i met exactly once, when i sat across from her at the brother- and sister-in-law's wedding. i'm sure she'll be thrilled to see me again??? whatever. i was oh so happy for a comparison between me and my 5 ft/90 lb sister-in-law to be captured on film for posterity.
in other happy news, i've started feeling milo from the outside. i love, love, love that. the first time was friday night, after we went to bed. i was laying on my right side, with my left arm cradling the lower part of my belly, and then he made my arm move. so, so cool. yesterday, a friend of ours dropped in on us, and we were sitting in the living room yakking, and my hand was resting on the middle of my belly, and he started kicking against my hand (how do they know? do they feel pressure there?). he did it off and on for a half hour. our friend asked if she could feel, but he would never kick when her hand was on me. does he know my touch? freaky.
this morning i decided to listen in on him to bolster my confidence before i went to the shower, and i started to freak out because i couldn't find a heartbeat in the usual place (my lower left abdomen) or anywhere in the vicinity. finally, i found the heartbeat, all 155 bpm of it, on my lower right. milo is on the move!
except for the one icky moment when my sister-in-law's batty aunt asked me take a belly-to-belly pregnant picture with the sister-in-law - to send to the aunt's best friend in some other state, whom i met exactly once, when i sat across from her at the brother- and sister-in-law's wedding. i'm sure she'll be thrilled to see me again??? whatever. i was oh so happy for a comparison between me and my 5 ft/90 lb sister-in-law to be captured on film for posterity.
in other happy news, i've started feeling milo from the outside. i love, love, love that. the first time was friday night, after we went to bed. i was laying on my right side, with my left arm cradling the lower part of my belly, and then he made my arm move. so, so cool. yesterday, a friend of ours dropped in on us, and we were sitting in the living room yakking, and my hand was resting on the middle of my belly, and he started kicking against my hand (how do they know? do they feel pressure there?). he did it off and on for a half hour. our friend asked if she could feel, but he would never kick when her hand was on me. does he know my touch? freaky.
this morning i decided to listen in on him to bolster my confidence before i went to the shower, and i started to freak out because i couldn't find a heartbeat in the usual place (my lower left abdomen) or anywhere in the vicinity. finally, i found the heartbeat, all 155 bpm of it, on my lower right. milo is on the move!
posted by laura at 10:19 PM
4 Comments:
Big Monday morning smiles for you. I'm so glad things are going well.
Good good! I am so glad it went well!
*grin* You (plural) are doing great!
I just started feeling movement from the outside, too, and was a little shocked at first! I don't remember it happening this early on with Julian, but my memory isn't so great. It's a nice feeling--I think it makes the baby more real to DH and anyone else you'll let come near your belly.
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